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Post by fumobici on May 19, 2018 17:44:17 GMT
Lovely! Is that last little beauty some kind of Ribes? Pink Panda strawberry. They are a strawberry/cinquefoil cross. Sometimes they produce nice, if small, berries and sometimes they don't. Young plants, well-drained soil and full sun seem to maximize the berry production, but they are seriously unfussy perennials to grow as ornamentals here. So much so I could imagine prissier gardeners might consider them "invasive". A lot of my favorite garden plants have been called that or even worse!
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Post by fumobici on May 19, 2018 17:53:50 GMT
Beautiful flowers, Fumobici. It's rhododendron season here too. My one rhododendron has been demolished by all the heavy rain we have been having as have the peonies. Does anyone know why peonies suddenly stop blooming after several years of producing lots of flowers? Should I separate the roots? When mine do that it seems likes it's from neighboring plants getting bigger and robbing them of sun. Peonies in decent, deep soil and full sun should be dead reliable and I've been told they hate to be dug up, moved, or disturbed. Peonies are super hardy and tough once established— I've read they can easily live over 100 years. You can't say that about many ornamental herbacious perennials. My peonies have suffered as the trees have grown and shaded them.
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Post by bjd on May 19, 2018 19:21:55 GMT
I have one set of peonies that were in an untended garden in an old house in the country. When we bought the place in 1982, the peonies had been there for years. When we sold the place a few years later, my husband dug up three plants and brought them to Toulouse wrapped in newspaper, with no soil. One survived, has been blooming faithfully for 30 years. Last fall I moved them to our new house on the coast, expecting them not to bloom but they did.
The peonies that are not blooming these days are still in the sun, but indeed they might be getting a bit tight.
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Post by tod2 on May 25, 2018 7:46:32 GMT
Gorgeous fumobici!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 25, 2018 8:41:22 GMT
Oh fumobici. Ab-so-lutely FABULOUS...sigh...quiver...tremble....
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Post by mossie on May 25, 2018 16:36:57 GMT
Here is a bush in my wilderness. I've forgotten its name, but it made me swear a lot some years ago when I had to transplant it from the other side of the garden because it was getting stunted by another bush growing over it. and here some Iceland ? poppies which grow wild
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Post by bixaorellana on May 25, 2018 18:34:35 GMT
Weigela florida! And a very beautiful one at that. I love the poppies (I love all poppies). What is the difference between California and Iceland poppies? I can't tell them apart.
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Post by bjd on May 25, 2018 19:08:06 GMT
Different leaves for one thing. California poppies are called Escholzia and look quite different.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 25, 2018 19:41:23 GMT
Thank you! I probably could have looked it up, but it was better with you holding my hand.
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Post by tod2 on May 31, 2018 9:15:57 GMT
I love the wildness look of your garden Mossie. Letting 'volunteers' appear without giving you notice, colliding with each other in their attempts to gain the best sunny position, and giving your garden that tousled just woken up look. Fabulous!
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Post by mossie on May 31, 2018 18:51:02 GMT
Seeing as how you praise my scruffy garden Tod, here is another shot showing the foxgloves which have invaded from the wood and are growing in the cracks between the paving. Also the cotoneaster horizontalis which is taking over the main area which had been laid out as a bare shingle area.
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Post by amboseli on Jun 2, 2018 9:06:38 GMT
Roses, clematis and 'Philadelphus microphyllus'
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 2, 2018 14:24:13 GMT
Your photos are a treat, Mossie and Amboseli!
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Post by mossie on Jun 6, 2018 15:52:33 GMT
In view of the praise that I undeservedly got for my gardening skills, here is a foxglove which also shows how the patio has been invaded by self setting plants and here is a rose which has survived all my efforts. Since the head gardener departed, I, as the 2cd under gardener have struggled along without any guidance at all I just dare not look at it all because when I do I hear a strong reproof from above.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 6, 2018 17:44:20 GMT
I swear I could smell that rose through the monitor.
Admittedly your patio has burst the bounds of tidiness, Mossie, but I've read untold numbers of garden books and articles telling how to get that very effect you've achieved effortlessly.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 6, 2018 21:57:48 GMT
I don't care about the rose. I love the plants in the cracks.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 14, 2018 2:51:38 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 14, 2018 18:40:03 GMT
So pretty and fresh. Any idea what the first one might be?
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 14, 2018 18:49:35 GMT
Not a clue. Unlike what the picture might mislead you into thinking, they were very small.
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Post by amboseli on Jun 14, 2018 21:08:29 GMT
Hollyhocks - the first ones of the season ... many more colors to come
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 14, 2018 21:24:03 GMT
That’s a lovely plant - and no rust.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 18, 2018 15:54:37 GMT
Potatoes!
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 21, 2018 17:04:20 GMT
A rather nice white flowered Hosta -
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 21, 2018 17:15:40 GMT
That is the loveliest delicate pink on those potato flowers and I love all Hosta.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 24, 2018 18:37:24 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 24, 2018 18:40:56 GMT
That just explodes onto the page! Beautiful shot -- I love the crispness and how you captured the delicate shadows.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jun 24, 2018 20:24:58 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 24, 2018 20:58:31 GMT
What an array! That giant clover is something else, as is its attendant bee.
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Post by tod2 on Jun 29, 2018 16:39:35 GMT
Those are awesome photos Cheery!
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Post by mossie on Jun 29, 2018 18:47:14 GMT
Your flowers are wonderful, Cheery. How is the garden doing in all this hot weather?
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